Fair Oaks

Brad Blake may not have scored a goal, but he made his Fair Oaks teammates look good Sunday in the John T. Oxley Memorial. The 26-year-old, rated at five goals, provided plenty of scoring opportunities for Bruce Robson, Craig Duke and Joey Casey in the team's 9-8 victory over Boca Developers in the season opener at Royal Palm Polo Sports Club. It was the second consecutive year Fair Oaks won. Last year the team defeated No Trees 8-7. Robson led scoring with five goals followed by Duke with three.

After one chukker, Sunday's Joe Barry Memorial Cup polo tournament game between Catamount and Patagones was suspended because of rain at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. The North American Polo League game will resume today at 2, with Catamount ahead 2-0. Todd Offen scored the first goal from the field and Scott Devon scored on a 30-yard penalty shot. In Saturday's action, Owen Rinehart scored four second-half goals to lead Skeeterville to a 10-8 victory over San Saba; Pony Express defeated Mt. Brilliant 12-11; and Isla Carroll downed ERG/Bud Light 14-10.

Brad Blake may not have scored a goal, but he made his Fair Oaks teammates look good Sunday in the John T. Oxley Memorial. The 26-year-old, rated at five goals, provided plenty of scoring opportunities for Bruce Robson, Craig Duke and Joey Casey in the team's 9-8 victory over Boca Developers in the season opener at Royal Palm Polo Sports Club. It was the second consecutive year Fair Oaks won. Last year the team defeated No Trees 8-7. Robson led scoring with five goals followed by Duke with three.

What the devil is going on at Military Trail and Atlantic Avenue? Everyday is gridlock -- north, south, east, west. I`ve tried different ways to circumvent it. And everybody else is trying too. The other day I was visiting Fair Oaks from High Point West, off Military Trail. I went through the Kmart shopping center, west on Atlantic to Carter Road, left on Carter Road, right into another gridlock. Probably people like me trying to get around Military and Atlantic. After this gridlock, onto Linton Avenue going east to Fair Oaks.

Cocaine use is spreading rapidly among Florida`s teen-agers, and they are using stronger and deadlier forms of the drug than were available in the past, the founder of the national cocaine telephone hotline said Wednesday. "I don`t think that anyone anticipated that as adults dropped out of the cocaine epidemic, the surplus cocaine would be promoted to their children," said Dr. Mark Gold of Fair Oaks psychiatric hospital near Delray Beach. Gold said that close to 20 percent of the Florida cocaine users who have called the national 1-800-COCAINE hotline for help in the past three weeks have been teen-agers.

Twenty-four hours after Safraaz "Shawn" Mohammed went to a West Boca doctor's office with a gun looking for his ex-girlfriend, Melissa Calideen, deputies knew where to find him -- Fair Oaks psychiatric hospital in Delray Beach. But they couldn't quite get to him. Mohammed, 24, had violated a restraining order filed against him by Calideen when he sought her out at her job and threatened to kill her on June 18. The next day, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office officials said they were stonewalled in their efforts to find Mohammed because of patient confidentiality laws that Fair Oaks officials refused to violate.

After one chukker, Sunday's Joe Barry Memorial Cup polo tournament game between Catamount and Patagones was suspended because of rain at the International Polo Club Palm Beach. The North American Polo League game will resume today at 2, with Catamount ahead 2-0. Todd Offen scored the first goal from the field and Scott Devon scored on a 30-yard penalty shot. In Saturday's action, Owen Rinehart scored four second-half goals to lead Skeeterville to a 10-8 victory over San Saba; Pony Express defeated Mt. Brilliant 12-11; and Isla Carroll downed ERG/Bud Light 14-10.

Puzzled that Fair Oaks Hospital treated psychiatric patients he`d ordered to another hospital, Circuit Judge Edward Rodgers plans to meet with hospital and state officials to find out what is going on. A discussion will take place the week of Nov. 16, said Joseph Metzger, attorney for both psychiatric hospitals in question, Fair Oaks, west of Delray Beach, and Lake Hospital in Lake Worth. "We will resolve whatever problems there are -- if there are any," Metzger said on Friday. State officials also are reviewing the matter.

Fair Oaks Hospital, a psychiatric hospital near Delray Beach, has been violating court orders for the past two years by treating patients involuntarily committed to another hospital owned by the same chain. At least five patients committed by Palm Beach County Circuit Court to Lake Hospital in Lake Worth since 1986 have, instead, been treated at Fair Oaks, which is far more expensive, the Sun-Sentinel has found. Fair Oaks also lacked state authorization to treat any court-ordered patients at the time it accepted the five patients, according to state records and officials.

Despite the presence of a voluntary quarantine at Royal Palm Polo because of the equine herpes virus outbreak in Wellington, club manager Joey Casey was reunited with his father on a polo field Sunday in the John T. Oxley Memorial Tournament. It was the first time the Caseys played on the same team since 1993. The two combined for five goals to lead Fair Oaks to an emotionally charged 8-7 victory over No Trees to open the 48th season at the county's oldest polo club. Joe Casey Sr. was a last-minute replacement in the Fair Oaks lineup when two players were sidelined with injuries, including Melissa Ganzi of Wellington, who injured her knee.

Twenty-four hours after Safraaz "Shawn" Mohammed went to a West Boca doctor's office with a gun looking for his ex-girlfriend, Melissa Calideen, deputies knew where to find him -- Fair Oaks psychiatric hospital in Delray Beach. But they couldn't quite get to him. Mohammed, 24, had violated a restraining order filed against him by Calideen when he sought her out at her job and threatened to kill her on June 18. The next day, the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office officials said they were stonewalled in their efforts to find Mohammed because of patient confidentiality laws that Fair Oaks officials refused to violate.

What the devil is going on at Military Trail and Atlantic Avenue? Everyday is gridlock -- north, south, east, west. I`ve tried different ways to circumvent it. And everybody else is trying too. The other day I was visiting Fair Oaks from High Point West, off Military Trail. I went through the Kmart shopping center, west on Atlantic to Carter Road, left on Carter Road, right into another gridlock. Probably people like me trying to get around Military and Atlantic. After this gridlock, onto Linton Avenue going east to Fair Oaks.

Puzzled that Fair Oaks Hospital treated psychiatric patients he`d ordered to another hospital, Circuit Judge Edward Rodgers plans to meet with hospital and state officials to find out what is going on. A discussion will take place the week of Nov. 16, said Joseph Metzger, attorney for both psychiatric hospitals in question, Fair Oaks, west of Delray Beach, and Lake Hospital in Lake Worth. "We will resolve whatever problems there are -- if there are any," Metzger said on Friday. State officials also are reviewing the matter.

Fair Oaks Hospital, a psychiatric hospital near Delray Beach, has been violating court orders for the past two years by treating patients involuntarily committed to another hospital owned by the same chain. At least five patients committed by Palm Beach County Circuit Court to Lake Hospital in Lake Worth since 1986 have, instead, been treated at Fair Oaks, which is far more expensive, the Sun-Sentinel has found. Fair Oaks also lacked state authorization to treat any court-ordered patients at the time it accepted the five patients, according to state records and officials.

Despite the presence of a voluntary quarantine at Royal Palm Polo because of the equine herpes virus outbreak in Wellington, club manager Joey Casey was reunited with his father on a polo field Sunday in the John T. Oxley Memorial Tournament. It was the first time the Caseys played on the same team since 1993. The two combined for five goals to lead Fair Oaks to an emotionally charged 8-7 victory over No Trees to open the 48th season at the county's oldest polo club. Joe Casey Sr. was a last-minute replacement in the Fair Oaks lineup when two players were sidelined with injuries, including Melissa Ganzi of Wellington, who injured her knee.

Cocaine use is spreading rapidly among Florida`s teen-agers, and they are using stronger and deadlier forms of the drug than were available in the past, the founder of the national cocaine telephone hotline said Wednesday. "I don`t think that anyone anticipated that as adults dropped out of the cocaine epidemic, the surplus cocaine would be promoted to their children," said Dr. Mark Gold of Fair Oaks psychiatric hospital near Delray Beach. Gold said that close to 20 percent of the Florida cocaine users who have called the national 1-800-COCAINE hotline for help in the past three weeks have been teen-agers.